Belt for garments and the like articles



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Patented Aug. 8, 1933 1,921,271 BELT FOB GARMENTS AND THE LIKE.

' ARTI@ LES Louis Lubin. Brooklyn, 1in-Y. Appuoouon nooombor ze, 1932. sonal No. 9.211 s claims. (ol. ss-i'zoi This invention relates to elastic strips such as pajama belts and the like articles.

An object of this invention is to provide an elongated flexible girdle strip or pajama belt of the character described, made completely oi. a single piece of knitted materialand having an elastic portion forming a part of the strip, thus obviating the necessity for elastic inserts.

A further object of this invention is to provide an elongated strip of knitted material forming a belt and having a relatively stretchable portion and having flexible elastic elements incorporated into said portion during the knitting operation whereby said portion is elastic. Another object of this invention is to provide an improved girdle or strip of the character described, made entirely of a single piece of knitted material and having an elastic integral portion, and being relatively inexpensive to manufacture and practical and eiiicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. .1 is a perspective view of an elastic strip embodying the invention here shown in thefform of a pajama belt; Fig. 2 is an elarged fragmentary view of va por` tion of the strip shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 3 is a crossfsectional view taken on line 3-3ofFig.2. Y,

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates an elongated strip embodying the invention here shown in the form of a pajama belt or girdle or the like article. The belt 10 may be made of knitted material and comprises a central portion 11 from which extend side portions 12 terminating in tassel portions 14. The entire belt may be knitted in a single operation, that is the portion 11 is knitted together with the portions 12, and is not a separate piece such as an insert. As illustrated in the drawing, however, the portion 11 is of a comparatively loose knit compared to the portions 12, the latter being' preferably so knitted as to be relatively unstretchable. The portion 11, however, may be stretched due to the character of the knit.

Incorporated into the portion 11 are a plurality of elongated flexible elastic elements 16 such as rubber strips covered by winding 17. The elastic elements 16 are substantially parallel to one another and run along the length of the portion 11 and are substantially covered by the knit material and may be knitted into the portion l1 during the knitting operation. The threads of which the strip l0 is knitted, are knitted about the elastic elements 16 during the knitting operation while the portion 11 only is being knitted, said elastic elements heilig left out of the portions 12. However, by reason of the elastic elements 16, upon stretchingl the portion 11 and releasing the same, said portion will contract. In other words, the elastic elements 16 are stretched upon stretching the portion 11 and contract upon releasing the portiondl. The strip 11 may thus be economically manufactured of a single elongated vstrip of knitted material. Obviously the strip 10 may be used wherever it is desired to employ an elastic strip and is shown in the drawing in the form of a pajama belt for the purpose of illustration only.

A dominant feature of the invention resides in the provision of a unitary elongated strip hav-f ing an elastic section and such strip being made of a single piece of knitted material and without the use of inserts, and having the elastic elements knitted into a portion of the strip during 'theV knitting operation.

, It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of thisinvention are achieved, and which iswell adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pajama belt comprising a relatively narrow strip of knitted fabric, said strip comprisknit fibrous threads, said end sections constituting tie cord portions for said belt.

3. A pajama belt comprising a relatively narrow integrally knit strip of fabric, said strip comprising an intermediate longitudinally extensible section including loosely knit threads having longitudinally extending elastic threads incorporated therewith, and substantially inextensible end sections of closely knit threads.

LOUIS LUBIN.

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